A satirical view of news from small town, America.
Karma struck on the I-5 Interstate in
Carlsbad, California yesterday when one of the “Overpasses for
Impeachment” collapsed, sending 12 people to the hospital.
According to federal databases, the freeway overpass had recently
been graded “functionally obsolete” but still legally safe to
drive on from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as
recently as September 2009.
According to local sources, the
overpass gave way at approximately 5 o'clock in the afternoon, during
the highway's busiest time of day, crashing into the freeway beneath
it and backing up traffic for hours. The overpass had become
notorious for being one of several “Overpasses for Impeachment”
across the nation, displaying large signs expressing disagreement
with the Obama administration for scandals such as Benghazi, the NSA
wiretapping, and the Obama's decision to get another dog. Many of
those signs could still be seen after the collapse.
Tea Party protestor and author of many
of the signs had this to say about the accident: “It's clear to me
that this travesty is a sign from the Almighty that Obama does not
belong in the White House. If this doesn't say that God is on our
side, nothing does.”
Several onlookers were shocked and
expressed disappointment at the scene.
“I'm not saying that the President
had direct involvement in this disaster, but I have to wonder why
he's sending our money to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt instead of
using it on our crumbling bridges and overpasses,” said Charlotte
Summers, who was traveling beneath the bridge when it collapsed. She
was treated and released for head injuries.
In fact, the American Society of Civil
Engineers have recently given the country a D grade for the condition
of our transportation infrastructure, recommending that $3.6 trillion
in investment is needed by the year 2020. But so far President Obama
has failed to delegate that kind of spending, unable to convince
Congress to pay the bills it already has, let alone rack up new ones.
The last federal spending on infrastructure occurred in 2009 as part
of the Stimulus package. Obama's Jobs bill would have delegated
another $50 billion for infrastructure, but it stalled via Republican
filibuster in the U.S. Senate late last year.
“Again he fails us,” says former
Obama voter Reed Stevens, as he rehangs his 'We've reached Barack
Bottom' sign on part of the bridge still upright. “I really wish
he'd look out for the will of the people instead of going on vacation
all the time.”
Congressional Representative for
Carlsbad, Duncan D. Hunter (R), could not be reached for comment, as
Congress just began a five week recess.
